Staff profile

• Durham Medieval Drama Group
• Durham medieval texts
• Old Norse literature (esp. mythological poetry)
• Old and Middle English poetry
• medieval acting style
• records of early English drama

Authored book

• Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend
  
  McKinnell, J. (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. D.S. Brewer.
• Runes, Magic and Religion. A Sourcebook
  
  McKinnell, J., Simek, R., & Düwel, K. (2004). Runes, Magic and Religion. A Sourcebook. Fassbaender.
• McKinnell, J. (1998). The Sequence of the Sacrament at Durham. University of Teeside
• McKinnell, J., & Ruggerini, M. (1994). Both One and Many: Essays on Change and Variety in Late Norse Heathenism. Calamo

Chapter in book

• 'Modern Productions of Medieval English Drama'.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2011). ’Modern Productions of Medieval English Drama’. In R. Beadle (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre. Cambridge University Press.
• The Fantasy Giantess: Brana in 'Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra'.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2009). The Fantasy Giantess: Brana in ’Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra’. In Ármann Jakobsson, A. Lassen, & A. Ney (Eds.), Fornaldarsagaerne: Myter og Virkelighed.. Museum Tusculanum.
• 'Hamðismál'.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2007). ’Hamðismál’. In A. Faulkes (Ed.), ’A New Introduction to Old Norse. Part II - Reader’. (pp. 363-382). Viking Society for Northern Research.
• 'Why did Christians Continue to Find Pagan Myths Useful?'.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2007). ’Why did Christians Continue to Find Pagan Myths Useful?’. In J. P. Schjødt, P. Hermann, & R. T. Kristensen (Eds.), Reflections on Old Norse Myths. Brepols Publishers.
• 'The Narrator as Everyone's Voice: A Project to Produce the Ecerinis of Albertino Mussato'.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2007). ’The Narrator as Everyone’s Voice: A Project to Produce the Ecerinis of Albertino Mussato’. In P. Butterfield (Ed.), The Narrator, the Expositor, and the Prompter in European Medieval Theatre. Brepols Publishers.
• Encounters with Völur
  
  McKinnell, J. (2003). Encounters with Völur. In M. C. Ross (Ed.), Old Norse myths, literature and society. (pp. 110-131). University Press of Southern Denmark.
• ‘Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Hyndluljóð’
  
  McKinnell, J. (2002). ‘Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Hyndluljóð’. In R. Simek & W. Heizmann (Eds.), Mythological Women. Studies in Memory of Lotte Motz (pp. 265-290).
• Ögmundar þáttr: Versions, Structure and Ideology
  
  McKinnell, J. (2001). Ögmundar þáttr: Versions, Structure and Ideology. In Ásdís Egilsdóttir & R. Simek (Eds.), Sagnaheimur. Studies in Honour of Hermann Pálsson (pp. 159-174). Fassbaender.
• Eddic Poetry in Anglo-Scandinavian Northern England
  
  McKinnell, J. (2001). Eddic Poetry in Anglo-Scandinavian Northern England. In J. Graham-Campbell, R. Hall, J. Jesch, & D. Parsons (Eds.), Vikings and the Danelaw. Select Papers from the Proceedings of the Thirteenth Viking Congress (pp. 327-344). Oxbow.
• McKinnell, J. (2001). Significant Gestures: Two Medieval Illustrations of Classical Theatre. In S. Carpenter, P. King, & P. Meredith (Eds.), Porci ante margaritam : essays in honour of Meg Twycross (289-320). University of Leicester

Edited book

• The Fantastic in Old Norse / Icelandic Literature. Sagas and the British Isles. Preprint Papers of the 13th International Saga Conference, Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006.
  
  McKinnell, J., Ashurst, D., & Kick, D. (Eds.). (2006). The Fantastic in Old Norse / Icelandic Literature. Sagas and the British Isles. Preprint Papers of the 13th International Saga Conference, Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006. University of Durham, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Journal Article

• Wisdom from the dead : the Ljóðatal section of Hávamál.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2007). Wisdom from the dead : the Ljóðatal section of Hávamál. Medium Ævum, 76, 85-115.
• Hávamál B: A Poem of Sexual Intrigue
  
  McKinnell, J. (2005). Hávamál B: A Poem of Sexual Intrigue. Saga Book., 29(2005), 83-114.
• ‘On Heiðr’
  
  McKinnell, J. (2001). ‘On Heiðr’. Saga Book., 25(4), 394-417.
• Myth as Therapy: the Usefulness of Brymskvida
  
  McKinnell, J. (2000). Myth as Therapy: the Usefulness of Brymskvida. Medium Aevum., 69(1), 1-20.
• The Medieval pageant waggons at York : their orientation and height.
  
  McKinnell, J. (2000). The Medieval pageant waggons at York : their orientation and height. Early Theatre, 3(1), 79-104.
• The Medieval Pageant Wagons at York: their Orientation and Height
  
  McKinnell, J. (2000). The Medieval Pageant Wagons at York: their Orientation and Height. Early Theatre, 3, 79-104.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Hick Scorner [John McKinnell (production director); David Williams (video director)]
  
  McKinnell, J., & Williams, D. (2004). Hick Scorner [John McKinnell (production director); David Williams (video director)].
• Medwall, H. (2001). Nature (ca. 1495),